So even in the absence of corroborating evidence, it makes sense to trust the Bible as a historical witness. However, in this case, there is a corroborating account, from Sennacherib’s scribes, according to Kenneth Kitchen (see his On the Reliability of the Old Testament, p. 40ff and the related notes). Putting the two accounts together, we can get a wider context for the conflict. Of course the Assyrian account doesn’t admit a humiliating defeat, but there are details that are best explained by taking the Bible’s account at face value.

There is ample evidence for the early composition and reliable copying of the text.

Your thinking starts from the premise that the Bible is literally true, an “eyewitness” account as you have it. Presumably as opposed to the Koran, or the other various religious texts, which I guess you dismiss as mythology because your view must be right.

So dinosaurs, along with everything else are 6000 years old.

Anything contradicting this is some kind of heresy I suppose, rather than scientific fact.

I guess the light we see from distant stars is also a maximum of 6000 yeays [sic] old!

Lita Cosner, CMI-US, responds:

Thanks for writing in. Unfortunately, you did not let us know which article you’re commenting on, and you didn’t give me much content to answer, because your entire message was basically an expression of shock that we actually believe Scripture.

M. H. SchweitzerThese photos are from a 2005 paper by Mary Schweitzer which reported on the discovery of soft tissue, in addition to strengthening the red blood cell identification—see Still Soft and StretchyLeft: The flexible branching structures in the T. rex bone were justifiably identified as “blood vessels”. Soft tissues like blood vessels should not be there if the bones were 65 million years old.Right: These microscopic structures were able to be squeezed out of some of the blood vessels, and can be seen to “look like cells” as the researchers said. So once again there is scope for Dr Schweitzer to ask the same question, “How could these cells last for 65 million years?”

First of all, each ancient text must be considered on its own. The issues of biblical authenticity are completely different from the Quran which was composed much differently and much later. I happen to be a specialist in the New Testament so could discuss the evidence for the composition and transmission of the text in more detail than I can go into in a short response. There is ample evidence for the early composition and reliable copying of the text. There is also good evidence for its historicity.

Second, which is more unlikely—that dinosaurs lived only thousands of years ago, or that soft tissue and DNA from dinosaurs survived for millions of years?

Third, any cosmologist will tell you that clocks in different locations run at different rates. GPS satellites have to take this into account to work properly. Creation cosmology uses that fact to explain how we can see light from stars that are billions of light-years away if the universe is only 6,000 years old. See our astronomy and astrophysics Q&A.

You mention “scientific fact”, but you didn’t present one. If you have some specific questions, as opposed to expressions of shock that people exist whose beliefs differ from yours, please feel free to write in with them.

Sennacherib's siege, the death of his troops, return to Nineveh, and his murder were also recorded by Josephus in Antiquities 10.1.5. In addition, according to Alfred Edersheim's "Bible History Old Testament" volume VII, chapter 12, Herodotus independently recounted an Egyptian legend wherein, "Sennacherib had been forced to fly through a disablement of his army." Although they are not considered inspired writers, both Josephus and Herodotus are considered reliable historical sources.

Dear Andrew C, Best to check all the evidence before weighing in to an argument like this (clearly, you haven't). BTW, while Creation.com starts with an assumption that the Bible is true, that seems fair enough, since there is no evidence that it is false. Evolutionists (with whom I guess you side), on the other hand, begin by ruling out the idea that the Bible is true (which is the same thing, only in reverse), and this would be fair enough, too, if it weren't for the mountain of known facts that discredit this axiom.
I was recently talking about this with an evolutionist, who guaranteed to me that within the next twenty years, scientists would find evidence that supported evolution. There are two problems with this. First, evolutionists say their theory is based on science - but this was a FAITH statement, not science. Second, the more our scientists learn about the way things are, the further evolutionists are from verifying evolution theory. It's getting harder to prove, not easier. They're going in the wrong direction! Meanwhile, this same evidence is pointing more and more to intelligent design. Oh, and while you're checking out the discussion on how starlight could be reaching us now, after only 6000 years, also check out how the cosmic background radiation temperature of space fits with the 'big bang' theory. That and dinosaur information on this site should be enough to demonstrate that the Bible is in fact, true, not evolution. Put away your prejudices for a minute and check it out. I wonder if you can.

In addition to still-soft dino-tissue, I would like to add the many drawings, paintings and descriptions of dragons, throughout many diverse cultures. Many of these depictions carry the strongest resemblence to therapods and sauropods, and it's unlikely they invented the same types of bodyshapes for creatures of their own fancy, to both have resemblance between cultures, and to dinosaur bodyforms as expert palaeontologists assemble them from fossilized bones in modern times.

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